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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Looking down on manufacturing jobs is so cool.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How else are you supposed to look at conveyor belt?

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if we can rival XKCD.

'There's a Darwin Award for that'

[–] YouAreLiterallyAnNPC@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

These two things can exist in harmony.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I didn't need to read that

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

everyone looks down on people they feel are social inferior to them.

job, education, grammar, race, sex, take your pick.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

job, education, grammar, race, sex, take your pick.

I'm gonna go with "calf muscles".

[–] abir_v@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Then the cyclists and marathon runners can actually get some respect to make up for the free time they lost to training.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I dunno, I used to have seriously monster calves until I started heavy cycling and running. They're still OK but they definitely shrunk after I lost 30-40 pounds.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

This simple statement encapsulates a lot about what has been going on in the world for the last 50 years. Or even since the Industrial Revolution. And explains a lot about “why Trump” and also a lot about why Trump will fail (not before tearing us all down first.)